Brewery to make beer from wastewater

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  1. pat61

    pat61 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2010 Minnesota

    Check this out:
    http://www.theguardian.com/sustaina...-craft-brewer-beer-recycled-water-environment

    A California craft brewer is going to make beer out of waste water using NASA technology. It sounds outrageous but water treatment technology is pretty good. The US Geological Survey estimates that some 15 million people living in the Mississippi River watershed rely on the river for water and also have their wastes discharged into the river. So we are already drinking waste water. Hats off to Half Moon Bay Brewing Company!
     
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  2. sosbombs

    sosbombs Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2016 Vermont

    I'll pass.
     
    #2 sosbombs, Mar 15, 2016
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  3. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Nasa technology sounds unnecessary and expensive, not to mention dirty. Pass
     
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  4. mstrcrwly

    mstrcrwly Pundit (912) Dec 21, 2013 New York
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    Ummmmmmmmmmm NO
     
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  5. eppCOS

    eppCOS Grand Pooh-Bah (4,570) Jun 27, 2015 Colorado
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    Probably an unavoidable trend in some parts of the country, the filtration technology is great, but it will strike some as straight out of the "The Water Knife" (book). :wink:
     
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  6. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,097) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    It's called water treatment, the technology has been around for years and it's not a news story.
    This is not about shit water entering one end of the brewery and leaving as beer on the other end.

    I am kind of annoyed educated people find it amusing that grey water can be filtered, treated and put back into use. It happens all over. Not a big deal. Next they are going to tell me that reservoirs are amazing because fish live there.
    Cheers.
     
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  7. NYR-Zuuuuc

    NYR-Zuuuuc Maven (1,351) Jan 1, 2013 Connecticut

    The brown note?
     
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  8. nortmand

    nortmand Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2003 Illinois

    Nobody would ever know if this article wasn't published. Perfectly reasonable use of recycled water.
     
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  9. pat61

    pat61 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2010 Minnesota

    Anyone who of the 15 million people live in one of the 50 or so cities that draws it drinking water from the river is already drinking water that that contains the discharge of several waste water treatment plants. Like you say, its called water treatment. When breweries are using 5 to 7 gallons of water for every gallon of beer, in times of water shortage and drought they need to do all they can to get the ratio down around 3. Reusing grew water not only makes sense, it should be mandatoy.
     
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  10. The_Snow_Bird

    The_Snow_Bird Grand Pooh-Bah (3,557) May 7, 2015 Michigan
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    I second that pass!
     
    #10 The_Snow_Bird, Mar 15, 2016
  11. LennyOvies

    LennyOvies Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2015 Mexico

    I bet this would make a stout more rich and chewy. :grinning:
     
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  12. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    Ok, but would you try the beer?
     
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  13. james02

    james02 Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2015 New York

    Agree with Fatboy, expensive... But would try...
     
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  14. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
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    Piss-water:wink:
     
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  15. StoneGreg

    StoneGreg Initiate (0) May 16, 2002 California

    I am in total support of this. I believe in technology over fear. Technology is real, and fear is imaginary. Gimme a pint, and I'll happily drink it. Heck...no one needs to give it to me, I'll gladly pay for it!
     
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  16. pat61

    pat61 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2010 Minnesota

    They made beer out of much worse water during the middle ages. What the water treatment doesn't capture, vigorous boiling for an hour will pretty much taker care of everything else.
     
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  17. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    The only folks not using recycled water are those who live near the headwaters and upstream from any other neighbors.
     
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  18. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    I'm hearing a lot of passing. Personally, bring on the beer. Every drop of water has been urinated by something at some point.
     
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  19. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    How about well water?

    Cheers!
     
    #19 JackHorzempa, Mar 15, 2016
  20. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    :-)

    Well, one could point out as does the EPA

    https://www3.epa.gov/region9/water/recycling/

    that the Earth has been recycling water for years.

    But more seriously, well water can be and sometimes is inadequately recycled, especially in areas where the water table is being lowered significantly by drilling to yield drinking water, and water for irrigation or industrial uses.
     
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